Released on November 7, 2003.
Last Updated: November 7, 2003 2:58 PM
Version: 1.5
Description
Using some very simple PHP and CSS you can create intelligent menus that are easy to use and maintain.
Installation/Usage
Pop your code, one link per line, into the $menu variable and then put the rest wherever you want your menu to appear.
Code
Intelligent Menu Code
<?php
$menu = <<<MENU
<ul id="nav">
<li><a href="/" title="Where the heart is">Home</a></li>
<li><a href="/archives/" title="Things that have passed.">Archives</a></li>
<li><a href="/about/" title="All about Matt">About</a></li>
<li><a href="/photos/" title="It's the 'photo' in Matt">Photos</a></li>
<li><a href="/music/" title="The food of love">Music</a></li>
<li><a href="/scripts/" title="Free (as in beer and speech) code">Scripts</a></li>
<li><a href="/jazzquotes/" title="Great quotes from amazing musicians. More in the future.">Jazz Quotes</a></li>
<li><a href="/toys/" title="Make me tick: Reviews of various electronics I own or have come into contact with.">Toys</a></li>
<li><a href="/xml/" title="Syndicate the content here. Get Matt to-go.">Syndicate</a></li>
<li><a href="/portal/" title="My personal start page, has my blogroll and links to interesting sites">Portal</a></li>
<li><a href="/zeitgeist/" title="A google of random stats about the website">Zeitgeist</a></li>
<li><a href="/contact/" title="Reach out and touch somebody. How to get in contact with me, also has GPG key and geek code.">Contact</a></li>
</ul>
MENU;
$lines = split("\n", $menu);
foreach ($lines as $line) {
$current = false;
preg_match('/href="([^"]+)"/', $line, $url);
if (substr($_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"], 0, 5) == substr($url[1], 0, 5)) {
$line = str_replace('<a h', '<a id="current" h', $line);
}
echo $line."\n";
}
?>
Errrrr I dont get it.
I don’t get that he doesn’t get it! This is WordPress HEAVEN! It’s just that I fear what amount of sheer wrangling you must have done to get it here. Kudos, main.
That’s a pretty easy code, thank you, it helps a lot.
dude seriously… I know this code is like 4 years old but I think it’s one of the most under appreciated little easter eggs I’ve ever seen for WordPress. Hell, not only WordPress but all sites that need some easy-to implement stupid-simple dynamic menus. It also works great for other CMS systems like Expression Engine and such. thanks Matt.
Ever since I started using wordpress, I found this script from matt’s site and implemented it in every menu I have used. It is just that simple and awesome to use.
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Wow, the last version I saw in a custom Drupal theme was like 25 lines long. I don’t know why they didn’t use something simpler like your short script.
But why the “$current = false;” line? Did you have this code in a function and forget to remove that?
Nice server-side method for identifying the current location. There is also a (similar) client-side JavaScript solution at http://www.snook.ca/archives/javascript/clear_links_to_1/